Nymph drying her hair

Louis Claude Vassé

1761–63 · Nymph: white marble: base, basin and console: gray-veined marble; serpents: bronze, with remains of gilding · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Vassé's model for this figure was exhibited at the Salon of 1761. The wall fountain was completed between 1761 and 1763 at the behest of the Duc de Chevreuse for the entrance hall of his Château de Dampierre, where it remained until the early twentieth century.

Artist

Louis Claude Vassé

Date

1761–63

Medium

Nymph: white marble: base, basin and console: gray-veined marble; serpents: bronze, with remains of gilding

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, and Rogers Fund, 1971